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A History of the County of Oxford
… borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … in later sources, 29 has not been traced. Until the Civil War political pressure on the corporation was restricted … roll. Statutory officers comprised a town clerk, a borough treasurer, and three auditors, other salaried officers being …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1622 and thereafter controlled the seat until the Civil War. William Lenthall, 6 who succeeded Whitelocke as recorder … charged with purging the corporation in 1662, and at his own cost defended the borough's charter of 1664 … were admitted. 20 Intent on keeping the borough 'solely at his devotion', 21 Lovelace even secured the admission of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Nonconformity The Presbyterian Thomas Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles … people were said to be attending Anabaptist meetings at Combe. 57 In 1737 there was a registered meeting, probably … from 1914 until c. 1928, and after the Second World War services were maintained chiefly by student pastors from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Abbey was transferred here in 1172 from its original site at Little Bindon in West Lulworth. The third settlement, … a(1) The Parish Church of The Holy Rood stands at the S.E. end of the village. The walls are of rubble … by Humphrey Weld in 1641 and burnt down in the Civil War in c. 1644 (Hutchins I, 349). In 1785 the account book of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… he was an active supporter of the king during the Civil War, and on the defeat of the royalist cause part of his … enlarged to include most of the parish except property at Brookend, Netherend, and part of Woolaston Common, 23 and … wall, and a two-light pointed window with cusped tracery at the east end which may have dated from about 1300. In 1861 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Harris and Thomas families. 79 The Harris family lived at Brockweir 80 and having property in Hewelsfield were … 85 No dissenters were reported in 1750. 86 In 1809 a house at Woolaston Common was licensed for worship, and another in … chapel secretary. Ex inf. Mrs. G. A. Higgs, chapel treasurer. H.O. 129/576/3/1/3. The date on bldg. is 1836. Ex …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1,735 a. which included the detached part of Sedgemoor at Penzoy awarded in 1795. 7 In 1885 Withy Leaze, a detached … numbered 294 in 1801 and rose steadily to 448 in 1841 when at least two men emigrated. 16 Numbers declined gradually to … only in the centre of the village until the First World War. 1 TRADE AND INDUSTRY Building stone was dug in the east …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… One of the largest horse-fairs in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks … 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood Page; net … a regiment of horse under Charles I. in the parliamentary war. In the hamlet of Godstow was a Benedictine abbey.See …
The Environs of London
… banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … 3. The soil, except in the marshes, is principally gravel. At the east end of the town is a chalk-pit, which has a … belonging to the Navy; the guns of most of our men of war being laid up there in time of peace: there are also …